Recently finished: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
I'm rather
embarrassed that I've just gotten around now to reading it. It was a
really interesting, lovely story. Once I got used to her writing style,
I was entirely captivated. ♪(ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ
Just finished: The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne
Loooooved the first one ♡ I liked this one even better though- it had the addition of Tigger, and many of the stories from the Dinsey movies that I grew up with as a child.
& Comet in Moominland, Tove Janson
This was my first moomin book to read (I'd only read the comics before). I really enjoyed this book. It was whimsical, though surprisingly dark! It had a happy ending though. I'd love to read more!
Just starting: Beowulf
Honestly, I tend not to like mideval literature. Buuuuut it's such a famous story that I feel obligated to read it. (^^ ;;)
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
8.12.11
6.12.11
Recent reads
About a year ago, I found myself rather ashamed at how little I had read of "classic" English literature. This prompted me to pick up a Jane Austen book (now one of my favorite authors) and since then I've been reading whatever I could get my hands on, in particular off of the BBC's list of 100 books you should read.
I've only read 23 out of the top 100 which at first I found really embarrassing, until I realized that it's almost 1/4 of the list- huzzah! (
ﾟ▽ﾟ)/
Since moving to Japan however, I haven't had English books so easily at my fingertips. I did bring some of my English books with me, and had my parents send me some in the mail too, but I commute for 2 hours a day, and read for most of that so my rate of finishing books is much higher than normal.
Luckily, there is an AMAZING used book store here called BOOK-OFF, and if you happen to stumble upon one in the more populous areas, they tend to have English books, and every so often they'll have some that interest you. And I found just such a one~ ♪
What is especially great about BOOK-OFF is that everything being used, you can get them for very cheaply. All of these books were only ¥2500! Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ
I think from now on I'll canonicalize what I'm reading here! It'll be a good motivation, I think.
xoxo,
Bee
I've only read 23 out of the top 100 which at first I found really embarrassing, until I realized that it's almost 1/4 of the list- huzzah! (
ﾟ▽ﾟ)/Since moving to Japan however, I haven't had English books so easily at my fingertips. I did bring some of my English books with me, and had my parents send me some in the mail too, but I commute for 2 hours a day, and read for most of that so my rate of finishing books is much higher than normal.
Luckily, there is an AMAZING used book store here called BOOK-OFF, and if you happen to stumble upon one in the more populous areas, they tend to have English books, and every so often they'll have some that interest you. And I found just such a one~ ♪
What is especially great about BOOK-OFF is that everything being used, you can get them for very cheaply. All of these books were only ¥2500! Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ
I was REALLY excited to find these- ESPECIALLY the Moomin book. I've been so into Moomin recently. ♡ There is a moomin mook out recently that I've been chewing on buying.
I think from now on I'll canonicalize what I'm reading here! It'll be a good motivation, I think.
xoxo,
Bee
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